Doctor of Optometry (MC-DOPTOM) // Notes
About this course
Contact
Melbourne School of Health Sciences (Optometry)
Currently Enrolled Students:
- General Information: http://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Student Enquiries:
- Further information: https://www.optometry.unimelb.edu.au/
- Email: Optometry enquiry
Coordinator
Dr Michael Pianta and A/Prof Allison McKendrick
Email: mjp@unimelb.edu.au
Email: allisonm@unimelb.edu.au
Please note that the purchase of some equipment will be necessary for various compulsory subjects within this course. Students will continue to use the equipment during the remainder of the course and after graduation.
Within the course, students will attend placements at clinical sites both within Melbourne, rural Victoria, interstate and overseas. Students are expected to bear the costs involved in these placements.
Students are required to conform to prescribed dress and conduct requirements when assigned to all clinical duties with patients.
Students will be required to attend and participate in the OD student conference. The student conference will be delivered in a traditional conference format over 2-3 days in the Semester 2 mid-semester break.
*Doctor of Optometry students will be required to have a current CPR certificate prior to entering clinic in third year.
Last updated: 18 December 2020